AWS profit and revenue rises as enterprise demand for new cloud workloads bounces back
Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported a 12% year-on-year uptick in its revenue growth during the third quarter of 2023, with the firm reporting a bounceback…
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UK regulators confident they are ready for AI safety governance
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee recently took evidence from Ofcom and other regulators looking at the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). Regulator readiness Ofcom…
ChatGPT, Bard, lack effective defences against fraudsters, Which? warns
Despite refusing to write phishing emails, popular generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard lack any truly effective protections to…
Sunak sets scene for upcoming AI Safety Summit
Artificial intelligence (AI) risks are serious but nothing to lose sleep over, prime minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech on the UK’s global responsibility…
Boardrooms losing control in generative AI takeover, says Kaspersky
Over 90% of senior business leaders interviewed for a study on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the enterprise believe that such tools…
AWS to open European sovereign cloud region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has set its sights on building an independent, sovereign cloud platform to meet the data residency and regulatory needs of its…
Facebook pins future on Quest 3 and AI development
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has used its latest quartly earnings call to discuss how it is differentiating its Threads platform.…
Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler vulns reaching dangerous levels
Time may be running short for users of Citrix’s NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway products who have not yet patched against two…
UK Finance paints mixed picture of fraud as losses top £500m
The rate of cyber fraud dropped slightly over the first six months of 2023, falling 2% compared to the same period in 2022, but even…
Finland shows off its new 20-qubit quantum computer
VTT recently announced completion of Finland’s second quantum computer, which uses 20 superconducting qubits. The work, accomplished in partnership with IQM Quantum Computers, is another…
Government-led Smart Data Discovery Challenge launched to stoke innovation
The UK government has issued a call for “smart data” ideas to help consumers and small business, modelled on open banking. A Smart Data Discovery…
Copilots, AI and Azure drive Microsoft revenue growth
Microsoft has posted revenue of $56.5bn, up 13% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, partially driven by demand for its AI-infused (artificial intelligence) products…